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ca. 1890
GUSN-202264
Exterior, eye-level view of C. F. Hovey & Co. commercial buildings, Summer Street. Streetcar tracks are in the foreground.
business (commercial function)
exterior views
eye-level views
streets
stores
commercial buildings
storefronts
collodion prints
photographs
Verso of mount: Gift of the State St. Bank April 1981 [in a different hand:] circa 1890 {Summer St. Gift of State St. Bank 4/1981}
OVP Photo Database Number 51
OVP Number OVP0065
1 photographic print
PC001
General photographic collection
April 1981
PC001.01.TMP.065
12.125 x 9.75 (HxW)(inches)
Gift of State Street Bank.
collodion prints
photographs
C.F. Covey & Co. (Boston, Mass.)
Display of merchandise
Street railroads. Track
Boston (Mass.)
Summer Street (Boston, Mass.)
Architectural photography
Extensive glue/adhesive damage to recto of mount, with ink (and possibly mold) stains scattered across recto; pieces of left edge missing; top layer of paper torn from left and right edges of verso of mount.
Item
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